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INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
1010C & G
What is Sociology?
• Sociology is an attempt to
understand how membership in
one's social group affects
individual behavior.
Working Definition
1. Concerned
2. Scientific-
3. Systematic
4. Informed
We all display
Social Sensitivity
We are Curious about our own behaviour
and the behaviour of others.
1. Why do we act as we do?
Low
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What is Sociology?
• Sociology is an attempt to understand
how membership in one's social group
affects individual behavior.
Functionalism
Conflict theory
Symbolic interactionism
Post modernism
Feminism
Main Methods of Sociology
• Are four main methods in sociological
research:
1. Field methods (e.g., participant
observation)
2. Experiments
3. Surveys
4. Analysis of existing documents and
official statistics
A SLIDERULE METHOD
I.E
• W. SHAKESPEARE said that,-ALL THE
WORLD IS A STAGE!
Society is a….
•P E R F O R M A N C E
SOCIETY AS
P.E.R.F.O.R.M.A.N.C.E
• POLITICS ACTION-play
• ECONOMICS NEOLIBERAL Ideology
• RELIGION CHURCHES
• FAMILY EDUCATION
• ORGANIZATIONs
• RECREATION
• MASS MEDIA
Summary
1. Sociology is a scientific discipline
2. Many approaches and paradigms
3. Concepts are the building blocks of
sociology.
4. Sociology looks at society in many ways
using concepts. I.e. social scripts,
performance, institutions.
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